The Monmouth Herald
Vol. XII
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, July 30, 1920
No. 47
Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Nation
Items of Interest
At Oregon Normal
Superintendent! J. 0. McLaugh
tin of Corvallii gnd A. C. Strange
of Astoria visited th Normal thli
week Interviewing candidate! fur
teaching position! in their respec
tive counties.
The Normal' li very appreciative
of the effort of the Southern Paci
fic to provide for the comfort of
atudenta returning to their hornet
on Friday of thii week. Provision!
have been made for a special train
to leave Monmouth at one-thirty
Friday P. M. fur Portland by way
of Salem. The but company hu
alto been very kind In providing
tpecial conveyance! for thou who
with to start from Independence.
Governor Olcott vUited 'the Nor
mal Tuesday gnd spoke to the stu
dents at the chapel hour. The Gov
ernor Is always a very welcome
guest and hit talk Tueoday, "A Day
in the Governor's Office", was a
particularly Interesting and in
structive one.
Mist Mingus entertained Miss
Martha G. Lane who is a teacher in
the high school at Walla Walla,
Wathlngtnn.
Miss Mary Williams, Critic of
the Third and Fourth Grades In the
lnependcnce Training School, leaves
Saturday for her home in Oak Park,
111. Her numerous friends among
tudenta and faculty regret exceed
ingly that she is leaving the Nor
mal premanently. Her work hu
been much appreciated and ill
hope that tha lure of the West will
bring her back to Monmouth Nor
mal sometime.
Simple exercise) in honor of the
graduates will be held at chapel
hour Friday morning. Those com
pleting the course are: Tina L.
Roberts, of Dallas; Irene Williams,
of Edmonds, Washington; Mertie
Chamberlain' of Eugene; I Ida May
Hayes, of Burns; and Minnie M.
Johnson, of Portland. The pro
gram begins at 10:15 A. M., and is
as follows:
Enter by groups
Songs by groups
Opening song by school
Scripture
Announcements
Diplomas presented
Vocal solo Mrs. Parrish
Announcemment of winning
group in Stunt Program
Talk President Ackerman
Last song
The student and faculty members
of the Eastern Star enjoyed a pic
nic on the banks of the Luckiamute
last Thursday.
Rather extensive plans for en
larging the library are now under
consideration.
Many members of the fuculty are
leaving Friday and Saturday to
spend the vacation period at their
respective homes.
About forty Btudents will regis
ter for the second six weeks' sess
ion of the Summer School, which
will begin August 2. This work is
given only for those taking the El
ementary Teachers' Training
Cjurte. President Ackerman, Mr.
' Gentle, Mr. Butler and Mr. Ostien
will conduct the work.
The members of the faculty
gave a picnic Monday evening on
the banks of the Luckiamute. The
affair was in the nature of a fare
well party for Mi'bs Msry Williams.
B. B. Sargent and B. H. Wahl-
ford of the Luckiamute valley were
in Monmouth and made application
for connection with the Monmouth
pipe line. Ed Griffa Is busy at
present putting in connections along
the line and a number of other con
nections have been made.
Another Pioneer Pauet
W. R. Hall was born May 18th,
1846 near Kaw river on the pluina
while hit parent were enroute to
Oregon, and died after a short III
neat at the Dallas hospital, July
27th, 19i!0.
Mr. Hall's parents located at
Buena Vista the lollowlng yeur,
1847, where he grew to young man
hood and hat, spent almost his entire
life In Polk county, respected by all
who knew him. He was married in
October, 1874 to Miss Susan Spann
ing who died.in 1892. Three child
ren were born to this union all of
whom are deceased. His twin bro
ther, R. P. Hall was ki'led by a
falling tree ten years ago. For the
past three yean Mr. Hall made his
home here In Monmouth with his
brother, L. M. Hall who died in
December, 1919. He is survived
by the following brothers, B. r'.
Hall of Woodburn and A. J. Hull
of, Buena Vista from whose resi
dence the funeral was held last Sunday.
Rumored, Reported
Concocted, Collected
Dell Tedrow, who has spent the
past month and a half in the east,
returned to Monmouth Tuesday
evening. He has been in attendance
at the International session of the
Older Boy't Council in Sunday
School work which lasted four
weeks, and was held on the shore
of Lake Geneva, Wis. There were
two other young men present from
Oregon. But little time presented
Itself for sightseeing. The boys
were kept at work on the course
which dealt with Sunday School
methods and activity. The organi
zation of the school, the chance to
get Information and . instruction as
well as the experience of a trip
from home combined to make the
trip for all a very pleasant one. '
E. L. Kilen spent Sunday in To
ledo investigating a position offer
ed him there. It was as cashier of
a bank in the Lincoln county city
and he has concluded to accept, tnk
ng up his duties the first of Septem
ber. Farmers this year are bringing
their tractors into use as motive
power for the binder. Heretofore
many said it could not be done but
now with a single hitch, skilled lab
or and improved machinery, more
acres of grain are being harvested
at less expense than with teams.
Fred Smith has hitched two bind
ers behind his Ford son and reaps
his oats in double quick time, Fred
also operated his hayfork with his
tractor and sent the hay to the mow
a "scooting". So speedy was he
that on one occasion Geo. LaFrance,
who manipulated the fork, got a
leg tangledjn the trip rope and as
a result tripped the load before it
started and was himself hauled up
by the hind quarters before the
machine stopped.
Mrs. D. M. Hewitt and other
members of the family from this
vicinity attended the annual re-
union of the family which was held
on the original Henry and Elizabeth
Hewitt donation land claim 5 miles
south of Dayton, last Saturday.
There were eighty people present,
five ot them coming from Califor
nia. There were nine of the Hewitt
boys in the original family and of
those living all but one were pres
ent. Different members of ,the fam
ily were asked to bring information
relative to the family tree which is
to be gathered and classified. A
splendid time was enjoyed by all
and many stayed over for a contin
uation of the visit on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs; MacDonald start
this week for an outing at the
coast., '. . .
Side Lights on
Governor's Job
If the governor of Oregon would
issue all the 'proclamation! sent to
him with requests for action, at
serted Governor Olcott in an ad
dress to Normal students, he would
be proclaiming something or other
all the time. Such requests burden
the mails and while many of the
subjects are very worthy, still if
even a small portion were acted on,
reclamations would besonumtr-
ous that no one would read them,
Requests for pardon or reprieves
for criminals have also been a fruit
ful source mail at the executive
office but since the rul was laid
down that the request for ler.;ncy
must have the assent of the trial
judge and prosecuting attorney, the
correspondence on this score has
been very much reduced,
The penitentiary, asserted the
speaker, is the headache of the gov
ernor! office. More perplexing
problem! come to him from the pen
itentiary than from all of the other
state Institutions combined. To
handle the prisoners it is necessary
that they have exercise. Idle
prisoners are ever hatching plot!
and exhibiting a turbulent spirit.
Work done outside the prison walls
continually results in the escape of
prisoners. Proposed additions to
the penitentiary would help in the
handling of the convicts but this is
something for which the public ap
pears unwilling to appropriate.
The governor praised the work of
Dr. Steimr in connection with the
penitentiary which is getting all
possible out of the present equip
ment. "'
Intense inlercst was manifested
when the speaker related several
stories of the recaptnre of escaped
prisoners. When prisoners escaped
it was a constant practice to call on
"Cherry". James, one of the prison
officials. It had become necessary
to reenpture a cattle rustler, twice
parolled, who was plying his arts
in the neighborhood of Bend.
There was so much underbrush and
rocks on the hills where the rustler
took his stand, and he had so many
friends, even among the organiza
tions that were hnuting him, that
it was impossible to get close
enough to him to arrest him. But
James finally trailed him to one of
the forest reserves and captured
him after a chase at the end of the
trip when the convict took refuge
behind a fallen log. He also
climbed a logging trail in the San-
tiam country and captured two
men single handed.
A feature of the governor's ac
tivity is his membership of the
state boards. The state land board
controls between seven and eight
millions in property and money held
for the schools of the state. The
loaning and care of this fund is one
of the duties of the Jboani. Under
the land board public forests have
been cared for and sold. Recently
the attorney general has had in his
charge prosecutions for alleged
fraudulent land sales years ago.
Because of elapsed time it has been
found best to compromise these
cases and in a sample instance the
state has received $7.50 per acre in
addition to the $2.50 originally re
ceived. D. M. Hampton returned this
week from a visit that took in the
greater part of Northeastern Ore
gon. He saw many evidences of
wealth and prosperity there but
acknowledges that some saving
grace must be offered to offset the
necessity of residing there.
G. T. Boothby reports the. sale
this week of E. B. Hamilton's bun
galow to Miss Lola E. Record, new
critic teacher in the Monmouth
training school. Consideration
$1725 .
Halt Highway Work
Throughout County
The conflict between the straight
route and the zigzag route for the
West Side highway acrots Polk coun
ty took on a new angle Wednesday
when an injunction was served stop
ping paving work In the county by
the Warren company and in the vi
cinity of Holmea Gap. With ru
mors and reports thick as bees at
swarming time it occurred to us
that a statement of the highway
commission's point of view would
be of interest to people in this part
of the state and a letter to Attorney
Jay Bowerman, Portland, elicited
the following very interesting reply.
I have yours of the 26th and in
reply beg to'say that after hearing
the Polk County Highway case on
July 2nd, as you know Judge Mc
Court refused to grant an injunc
tion restraining the construction
work then in progress and also re
fused to issue a mandate requiring
the construction of a road by Dallas
and Independence. The plaintiff's
appealed the mandamus case and af
ter further considering the injunc
tion case Judge McCourt rendered
a written opinion in which he indi
cated that he believed that the law
intended that the Pacific Highway
should run to or near Dallas; thence
to a point at or near Monmouth;
thence to a point at or near Indepen
dence and thence to Corvallis. Im
mediately upon receipt of this opin
ion Mr. Kaste served notice that he
would apply for an injunction. A
number of hearings were held on
this question,
Owing to the fact that a tempor
ary injunction at this time of the
year would mean tying up a lot of
construction work entailing a large
loss which would be borne either
by the contractors, the surety upon
the injunction bond or by the State,
furthermore to leave the roads un
completed for another Winter would
mean a large loss to the traveling
public. On account of this situa
tion the members of the Commission
stayed here in Portland about I
week endeavoring to find some so
lution which would meet with the
approval of the Court and at the
same time permit the construction
of a highway system which would
conform to what they believed
would be the best interests of the
whole state. The Commission offer
ed to locate the Pacific Highway
from Holmes Gap to Rickreall;
thence to Dallas; thence in a south'
easterly direction to Monmouth over
a routd to be surveyed and located
by the State Highway Engineer
This proposal was objected toby
Mr, Kaste, Attorney for the Inde
pendence and Dallas people on the
ground that it would put two paved
roads too close together. Commis-
sioner Kiddle made a trip over the
field last Saturday and suggested
that the present road be continued
south about two and one-half miles
south of Holmes Gap thmce to Dal
las thence southeasterly to Mon-
mouth. Presumably the road from
Dallas to Monmouth would connect
at Orr's Corner with the paved
highway now being constructed by
the Warren Construction Company
None of the proposals made by the
Commission were satisfactory to the
Court ' and tho plaintiffs. The
Court indicated ' that he would ap-
prove at least t wo of the locations
proposed by the Commission but the
Attorney for the Dallas and Inde
pendence people stated that other
proceedings would be immediately
started to enjoin construction over
any of the pro posed routes. Inas
much as Judlge McCourt was to
leave for his vacation and any fur
ther injunction proceedings would
be before somo other Judge, the
Commission co uld not make certain
that
7c.rrir:'1,;tion8 Compete
to tome other Judee in thel ''la'- Ct..tt Tv.
Judge
tory to tome other Judge in the
further litigation which was threat
ened. Therefore the Commission
determined to leave the road locat
ed as contemplated last year when
Polk County voted its bonds. That
is to say from Holmes Gap south to
Rickreall; thence to Dallas; from
Rickreall south to Monmouth thence
to Independence; from Monmouth
south to Corvallis.
An appropriate resolution was
drawn and approved by Commis
sioners Booth and Benson, Com
missioner Kiddle had already left
the City and whether he would ap
prove thit program has not been de
termined but from expressions made
before he left the City I am confi
dent that It would meet with bis
full approval. '
On Monday morning shortly after
the Commission had adopted the
abore resolution, Judge McCourt
signed a restraining order restrain
ing all work between Rickreall and
Monmouth and all work between
Holmes Gap and McCoy except put
ting on the top course by each con
tractor over an area not exceeding
one thousand feet, the injunction to
become effective on the filing of a
surety bond in the sum of $10,000.
For your information I am enclos
ing a copy of the resolution adopted
by the Commission, also a copy of
the restraining order.
Inasmuch as the paving of the
Salem-Dallas Highway was a part
of the complete highway program
in Polk county which program was
submitted ' to the people of Polk
county and aproved in the bond is
sue, and inasmuch as the remainder
of the program is to be tied up by
the restraining order, the Commis
sion felt that it would be to the best
interests of the whole State to sus
pend all operations until the Court
should determine what powers the
Commission had. In other words
if it should be determined that the
Commission is required to build a
paved rjad to Dallas and a paved
road from Dallas, the Commission
did not feel that it would be right
to add the third road from the east
(Salem road) . Therefore provision
was made for suspending or cancel
ling the Huber contract on the
Salem-Dallas road provided no loss
would fall upon the State and if the
Highway Engineer is unable to set
tle the matter without a loss then
the facte should be reported to the
Commission for further action.
The answer in the injunction case
is to be filed by the 15th day of
August and it is tentatively agreed
that the case will be tried on the
30th.
Local Goats Have
National Fame
Drilling for oil in Texas is a very
thrilling pursuit, and a new crop of
Texas millionaires have undeniably
been created by the striking of fab
ulous gushers over night, but "Bod"
Davis, of the thriving little city of
Rio Frio, rises to tell tie world
that oil is not the only great re
source of the Lone Star state.
Davis is renowned throughout the
United States and Canada as an ex
pert judge of Angora goats, and
will come to Portland in November
to act ns judge in the mohair goat
division of the Pacific International
Live Stock exposition. He has ex
tensive Angora flocks on his farm
at Rio Frio and says that Texas will
soon be be leading all other states
in the production of mohair. .
In order that Texas may make
good on this prediction, Mr. Davis
intends to take some of Oregon's
famous Angora breeding stock
back with him for the building up
of his own and his neighbors' flocks,
and in a letter to General Manager
Miinf l.nnfest
The annual Normal Summer
School event known as the stunt
contest, developed a well balanced
program this year. The contest
which waiheld in the Normal chap
el Wenesday night, was between six
groups representing different sec
tions of the state. The honor of
holding a' flag for a year is the lau
rel offered. Last year the Eastern
Oregon counties won the flag and
the same group was a close conten
der for the honors this year. "The
Hand of the Whiteman" was the
title of this group's stunt, a pictur
esque presentation of Indians, cow
boys and tenderfeet winding up
with a feature song emblematic of
the wheat harvest which was very
pretty.
As usual Multnomah county rep
resentatives were in the front rank
with a series of moving tableaux,
representing the attractions of Port
land, the beauty of which was en
hanced with colored lights.
Perhaps the most original of all
was the stunt which the coast coun
ties presented. They took as em
blems, fish, lumber and cheese and
cleverly brought out advertising
features of the section from which
they came. 1
Two of the stunts were based on
Southern plantation events, in which
colored people predominated, one
for the Marion-Lane group and the
other the Polk-Yamhill group. Their
antics brought out much laughter.
The regulation satire on Normal
life was presented by the north
western counitea "The Rise and
Fall of a Normal King" detailing
the tribulations of the only young
man in a group of girls and the
conclusion of events ten years hence.
Judges of the contest were Miss
Marvin, Salem; D. E. Fletcher, In
dependence; and R. S. Kreason,
Dallas. The name of the winning
group is to be announced in chapel
this morning.
O.' M. Plummer the other day he
announced that he will be in the
market for the champion Angora .
sire of the Pacific International.
'I know the Pacific International
will attract the finest exhibita in
the country," writes Mr. Davis,
and I accept with pleasure the invi
tation to act as judge in the goat
division. Furthermore, atfer I
have picked the champion Angora
sire and pinned the blue ribbon on
him, I am going to buy him myself
provided my purse is long enough."
General Manager Plummer pre
dicts that the Texas breeder will
pay in the neighborhood of $2000
for the champion Angora. Some
of the finest entries at the show
will come from Polk county, where
the flocks of Riddell & Son and
John B. Stump, both of Monmouth,
are attracting nation wide atten
tion. Riddell & Son recently sold
an Angora sire for $1750 and sales
for record prices have also recently
been made by Mr. Stump on the
adjoining farm. Both of these
breeders will have extensive exb ib
its at the November stock show,
and many more fine entries wil
come from Idaho and Washington,
Telegram.
E. R. Bingman, a brother of
Mrs. J. B. Hili of this city is con
fined to the house at the Hill home
in this city because of a broken hip.
Mr. Bingman who is a member of
Valley Lodge, No. 125, Filer,
Idaho, was on his way from Idaho
to Monmouth by automobile when
the accident occurred. While
climbing among rocks during the
camping interval, he fell and sus
tained the injury. The accident oc
curred in Eastern Oregon and Mr.
Bingman was brought to Salem
where the injury was treated.